Re: automatic extent allocation

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:09:45 -0500, Powell, Mark D <mark.powell_at_eds.com> wrote:
> From the version 9.2 Reference Manual:
> Maximum
> Unlimited
>
> I was thinking that "Unlimited" actually corresponds to 2 billion. In any
> case it is a lot and probably more than enough for most shops.
>

... which allows for a 16 TB table with an 8k block size.

Or if using the drive manufacturers prefferred decimal notation, 17.5 TB.

Probably enough for most tables.

So, why extent limits determined with a 31 bit number?

Rather than a 32 bit one that is.

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